Colleen Long, Journalist
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Colleen's articles have appeared in publications around the world.  
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White House and Politics

Biden’s staff knew one minute before the public did that he was dropping out of the 2024 race. 

Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns. VP Harris gets his nod

Chaos swirling since Biden’s debate flub is causing cracks in a White House known for discipline


2 women who say abortion restrictions put them in medical peril feel compelled to campaign for Biden


Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin


Biden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?


Democrats hope Harris’ bluntness on abortion will translate to 2024 wins
 


In abortion rights debate, Biden doesn’t often use the word


Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters


How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden

Immigration

Trump moves to effectively end asylum at the southern border 

Quiet, confused and exhausted, 11 families who had been detained and separated deported to Guatemala


White House withdraws nomination for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement


Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US laws


Analysis: 'Go back' captures core of Trump political agenda  


Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen’s exit


'And now we are alone’: Extended family separated at border

National Security

Feds, States unite on election security after '16


Cabinet of curiosities: 15,000 ink samples at Secret Service


Watchdog: FEMA wrongly released personal data of victims


TSA’s social media highlight weird stuff in travelers’ bags


Most attackers in mass shootings made threats before incident, report finds


Criminal Justice and Legal Affairs

Working the NYC crime beat is a shifting mix of the professionally thrilling and personally agonizing

Babies Behind Bars: Should Moms do time with their newborns? 


Mother testifies about the horror of finding her children slain by nanny 


Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her


Doctor accused of sexual harassment kills 1 at NYC hospital  


'Pharma Bro' gets 7 years in prison in securities fraud case


Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rico nationalist to be freed after more than 30 years in prison


‘Son of Sam’ killer was arrested 40 years ago this week


30th Arrest: Transit Impostor says he needs help, not jail 


MS-13 Street Gang Grips Long Island Suburbs in Violence


Mystery of Etan Patz's disappearance ends in conviction


​Officer's sentence in stairway killing leaves divide, dismay

Perp walks such as Strauss-Kahn's are common in U.S. but rare overseas

Despondent over 2-year saga of fraud, son of Bernard Madoff hangs himself in NYC apartment


Policing
 

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children


Don't look down! NYPD unit does its work at dizzying heights


I signed up for this? Reporter scales Brooklyn Bridge 


Police release 1st footage of fatal shooting caught on body camera


Two NYPD officers shot to death while sitting in their patrol car


Right people, right place, right time: Federal trial on NYPD stop-frisk policy proves window into dept.


Police stop-and-frisk practice growing in big cities


The talk down before the take down: NYPD Arrest Retraining Discourages Verbal Abuse, Physical Violence





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